Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-09-15


operating in the Valley city.
The Indiana u Lake Michigan railroad
company has executed mortgage for
$500, 900 to secure its bonds to the Farm
er's Loan & Trust company of New y ork.
The road will be built at once.
A movement has at last been commenced
to develop Merrills big mineral paint
farm near Howell. The paint covers 20
acres and is found in nine distinct shades.
1t is said to be worth 500 ton.
ID. Eldredge of Cadillac has weapon
which company ID, Seventh Michigan cav
airy captured from the rebs in '63 at the
battle of Falling Water. 1t is an old Har-
per's Ferry musket, vintage of '27.
A hundred dollars will be paid for infor-
nation leading to the conviction of the
burglars who made the recent visit to the
Macarthur store in Cheboygan, stealing
and running large amount of goods.
sold Doctor" Daniel Shook died in
| Coral few days ago. He settled there
over so years ago. lie served throughout
the war as a volunteer private in the Tenth
Michigan cavalry, serving later as hospital
steward.
The Michigan gold compaEy's explorers
have found quartz containing free gold
| and very rich, on the Gingrass property
near Ishpeming. The state geologist has
also made important discoveries on this
property.
An inmate of the Michigan asylum
named Botel escaped last June and after
| spending the summer quietly working
near Comstlck, developed signs of insani-
| ty, which led to his arrest. He fought
desperately, but was jailed.
ID. j. Pray of Grant Center, went tc
Niagara Falls and when he returned he
found that his house, store and hotel had
burned, mourning loss Of $1,000, allevi-
ated by slight insurance. Incendiary
work suspected to cover up robbery.
Prof. J. Russell Webb, widely known
among teachers as the author of primers
and readers now in use throughout the
country, and the originator of the word
method for teaching primary scholars, died
in Niles few days ago, aged 68-years.
The order restoring certain railroad
land grants in the upper peninsula does
not apply to the siX-mile or granted limits
of the Marquette, HOughton a. 0ntonagon
grant, nor to lands claimed by the Onto
nagon & Brule River Railroad company.
A Negro boy who had blistered his arm
by artificial means begged from door TO
door in Lansing the other day and accumu-
lated a nice Doodle until it was learned
that he was q source Of revenue for five
tramps, who were comfortably encamped
just outside the city.
Thore is a great influx of persons who
are going into the woods hunting home
steads OH the forfeited NJ, III. d q. II. X.
lands. 1t is estimated that over 400 per-
sons have made selections of homesteads.
They come from verywhere-Detroit and
Bay City furnishing number.
According to the entries just closed
there will lie exhibited at the state fair
this fall $50 cattle, 502 horses, 555 sheep
and 305 swine. The show will, of course,
be much finer than it was last year, for IL
always is The entries in the other de-
partments are coming faster than ever be-
fore.
The frequent fatalities in the mines,
have given rise to many complaints
among wOrkingmen, but the appointment
OF mine inspector Sept Is by the board
of supervisors will probably lessen this
awful list of loss of life and limb which is
made out each month among the mines of
the upper peninsula.
While George Thomas Eickhorn, a mill
hand in Port Huron, was loading lumber
from wagon to q ear, his horses gave
sudden start, which made him lose his
balance and fall in such q manner that
his neck was broken. He died within
few minutes. Deceased was 63 years old
and leaves wife and five children in poor
circumstances.
Bay City will have big demonstration
in October. 1t Is expected that 2, 500 vet
Grams of northeastern Michigan, 1900
state fireman and and 200 American
wheelmen will be present, meeting of
the three associations being held there
Oct Al. Five hundred tents have been
requested from the state for the veterans.
The triple prizes foot up 81, 500.
B. Ely, who lives near Litchfeld, went
hunting a few days ago. When he
reached home he threw his hunting bag
on the floor, and with his wife left the
room for moment. In their absence one
of the children threw the powder horn into
the stove A terrible explosion followed,
and the three children were terribly
burned. One will be blind for life.
David Potter, for several years ticket
agent at Grand Rapids Of the ID. G. & M.
railroad, has commenced suit for $4,000
damages, claiming that the railroad con-
and also clerk hire, but have faced to
keep the agreement; and further dabning
that he was discharged from employment
without cause two months before the eX-
piration of the contract.
The Rev. George f. Walters of Red
Jacket, has received numerous anonymous
letters lately threatening his life and prop
erty because of his vigorous crusade
against illegal liquor selling in this region.
He read the letters to his congregation on
a recent Sunday, and told who he thought
wrote them. His house has been fred
by incendaries twice, and on one occasion
some one tried to blow it up. Shortly
after three men chased him one night and
attempted an assault. Fears are enter
aimed for his life.
August 81 an unknown man came to st.
Charles and said he was on his way from
Lansing to Saginaw seeking work. At
| the house of David Kittridge he was given a
meal, for which he offered TO pay, and went
| outside. lie was soon after taken sick
| and died An inquest proved that he
died of hernia. There was absolutely
nothing about him which gave any light
| about who he was. On his person was
| found AZ cents in cash. watch, revolver
and some cartridges. He wore an old
snuff-colored hat, black frock coat and
! a pair of overalls. Russell Ryness, JUS
tice of the peace at st. Charles, will be
glad to hear of anything that will Identify
| the man.
Blaine's Blarney.
A special cable to the Chicago News
| from Hamburg says while Mr.. Blaine was
being introduced among the banking in
| etit,,tinnc of Frankfort Inv Mr. Selipman